one american soldier in somalia i was deeply affected by what he saw. at the time i just felt like everybody knew and nobody cared that there is torture going on. me medic neil smith remembers just have frightened iraqi civilians in some are aware of the special police commandos what was pretty widely known in our but talian definitely in our pool tune was that they were pretty violent with their interrogations that they would beat people shock them with you know electrical shock stab them i don't know what you know sounds like pretty awful things if you sent a guy there who is going to get tortured and perhaps raped. or whatever humiliated and brutalized by the special commandos in order to get whatever information they wanted to go i don't know about boston and. they learned. about city to the hood but it's very full. just mccauley like. i thought it give all of them a little bit of a clear priority at that time in iraq was to not have this incredibly shaky provisional government defeated by the insurgency that was priority number one to which every o

fresh from making up with ethiopia eritrea as president agrees to mend relations with somalia. and thousands more free their homes in northern california as two wildfires combine. well there's just an hour left for zimbabweans to cost their ballots in an election that could bring major change to the country it's the first time in nearly forty years that former president robert mugabe is not a candidate the ninety four year old came out to vote in the capital harare saying he's supporting the opposition candidate nelson chamisa not his former ally amisom and gaga hundreds of thousands of people have been turning out to make that choice sixty percent of those at a jubal to vote on the age of fifty observers say the election has been very smooth in some places but totally disorganized in others as well as deciding who should be the next president voters are also electing to. hundred ten members of zimbabwe's parliament and nine thousand local councillors twenty three people are running for president but in reality it's a two horse race between the incumbent zanu p.f. amisom and ga

but leaving somalia was in my mind every minute of those days. and, yes, i had -- that's when i actually decided to leave somalia. but it took me years to do that, up until 2011. >> so abdi, you then became one of the lucky ones. you won a diverse lottery for a greencard, for a permission, a visa into the united states. that must have been the happiest day of your life. >> it was my happiest days in my life. i was wondering -- you know, prayed for miracle in my entire life, and that day is when i realized, wow, the miracle has just happened, because no other countries offers diversity visa lottery, the lottery that i applied at the time, and it was only america. and it was a perfect timing for me. and out of the 15 million people that applied to this program every year, i became part of those few lucky ones. actually, the chances are very, very low. all my friends applied but they did not win. somehow i did. >> fast forward to this year on world refugee day where you wrote a piece for "time" magazine. people always had a chance to win american. w

one american soldier in somalia i was deeply affected by what he saw. at the time i just felt like everybody knew and nobody cared that there is torture going on. me medic neil smith remembers just have frightened iraqi civilians in some are aware of the special police commandos what was pretty widely known in our but talian definitely in our pool tune was that they were pretty violent with their interrogations that they would beat people shock them with you know electrical shock stab them i don't know you know sounds like pretty awful things if you sent a guy there who is going to get tortured and perhaps raped. or whatever humiliated and brutalized by the special commandos in order to get whatever information they wanted to go i don't know about boston and. they learned. about city to the hood but it's very full do it. just mcqueen and i. thought it give all of them a little bit of a clear priority at that time in iraq was to not have this incredibly shaky provisional government defeated by the insurgency that was priority number one to which every ot

eritrea and somalia have signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations the latest thaw in the horn of africa. and there a trail ended this state of war now somalia and eritrea were once close with the somali dictator signed by backing eritrea and his long fight for independence from ethiopia but when war broke out between eritrea and ethiopia somalia in effect became the site of a proxy war in recent he is eritrea has backed the group pushes launched attacks throughout somalia with the aim of overthrowing the government now trail has placed support somalia's sovereignty on the government's efforts to restore the country's rightful stature. somalia's president has been in the eritrean capital as mara since saturday during a banquet with his somali counterpart eritrea's president said quote an epoch of crises conflict and instability was coming to an end the taliban say their official secretly met a senior u.s. diplomat in cattle last week to discuss peace initiatives in afghanistan the official described the meeting with alice wells america's top diplomat for surf asia as usefu

fresh from making out with ethiopia eritrea as president agrees to mend relations with somalia. four million people are left off a citizens' list in india's assam state even them in fear of being detained or deported and thousands more flee their homes in northern california as two wildfires combine. and i'm far is small have all the day's sport and clearings former tennis world number one eddie murray returns to action for the first time since pulling out of wimbledon. well voting is wrapped up in zimbabwe's first election in nearly forty years without a former president robert mugabe on the ballot and i see four year old came out to vote though in the capital harare saying he's supporting the opposition candidate nelson chamisa annoyed his former ally amisom and i'm gaga hundreds of thousands of people turned out to make their choice observers say the election was very smooth in some areas but totally disorganized in others and chamisa says long voting delays reported in urban areas were an effort to undermine his supporters. as well as deciding who should be the next presiden

one american soldier in somalia i was deeply affected by what he saw. at the time i just felt like everybody knew and nobody cared that there is torture going on. me medic neil smith remembers just have frightened iraqi civilians in some are aware of the special police commandos what was pretty widely known in our but talian definitely in our pool tune is that they're pretty violent with their interrogations that they would be people shock them with you know electrical shock stab them i don't know what you know sounds like pretty awful things if you sent a guy there who is going to get tortured and perhaps raped. or whatever humiliated and brutalized by the special commandos in order to get whatever information they want to go i don't know about boston and. they learned. about city to the very full was doing. just mcqueen like. i thought it give all of them a little bit of a clear priority at that time in iraq was to not have this incredibly shaky provisional government defeated by the insurgency that was priority number one to which every other priorit

to somalia security ministry in mogadishu killing at least eight people. movements on the march protests from migrants rights arriving to crossing from france from the. wild celebrations in england and croatia but nation russia is a fairy tale is that as a football world cup it's the semifinals. so mike said they were productive but peeling yang has given a very different account of how top level talks went in the north korean capital just hours after the u.s. secretary of state left the country north korea lashed out at washington described the talks is extremely regrettable. cues the u.s. of pressuring them to abandon their nuclear program but as far as is concerned the discussions were success. reports now from washington. it certainly is concerning when you have two sides of a negotiation who describe their experiences of the same event with such opposing terms first let's also say u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as he's leaving north korea describing what he felt was a successful meeting and we made progress on almost all of the central issues som

somalia's government is pursuing its first ever prosecution against female genital mutilation following the death of a ten year old girl the practice which is also known by a shorthand of f.p.m. involves altering or injuring female genital organs for unknown medical reasons activists across the world are trying to stop the practice and in somalia there appears to be a mentor and which could change the lives of many women and girls somalia's deputy prime minister mohammed glade says the case is a defining one for the country the producer group the house know of going to a to interview to investigate the city's together with the community who should be . closest to see if you can see he's got a good look before we should. do it before you move in the summer. hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the ethiopian capital to protest over the murder of a nihil down construction manager is bonding was found inside a car in the sound of a piece and not yet clear who was behind the attack the prime minister says he is utterly shocked by his death the dam project and its impact on the riv

as you are aware, somalia has very weak government. their border areas, some are completely inaccessible because they are under the control of nonstate actors. we have situations where our teams will wait to come out of that region so that they can be vaccinated. without polio funding, i don't think the high-risk mobile populations will get the services they're currently getting. when we go to a household, a nomadic household, we not only talk about polio. we have to tell them about other key, you know, family health practices, maternal health, breast-feeding, young child infant feeding practices and many other issues. i think it's really important we really look at this. when people talk about transition planning, to us in the field, we really get worried. we say what will happen to all these areas, all these communities that have been served through this polio funding? thank you. >> thanks so much. [ applause ] okay. so, andrew, andrew etsano who had a difficult flight here and arrived just in time this morning, looking very much for

to blast hit somalia security ministry in mogadishu killing at least eight people. the football coach who like twelve boys into a cave in thailand sends out a letter apologizing to the parents. and massive celebrations as a lens beat sweden to make it through to the wild caught semifinals. my palm bio said they were productive but pyongyang has given a very different account of how top level talks went in the north korean capital just hours after the u.s. secretary of state left the country and north korea lashed out at washington describing the talks as extremely regrettable john young also accuse the u.s. of pressuring them to abandon their nuclear program but as far as from is concerned the discussions were a success. we've made progress on almost all of the central issues in some places a great deal of progress other place there's still more work to be done we talked about what the north koreans are continuing to do and how it's the case we can get our arms around achieving what chairman kim and present proposed agreed to which was the complete denuclearization

peace to be momentum which could change the lives of many women and goals with somalia's deputy prime minister mahathir mohamad delayed says the case is a developing one divine one for the country. the prosecutor has no appointed and sort of new to investigate this case together with the criminally perspicacious the facts and says there if you can seize collecting information and leave this is really a defining moment for so much. but joining me in the studio is a jerk our time she's the head of global advocacy at forward an african human rights organization thanks very much for coming into al-jazeera described there as a defining moment does the how it is how it feels in this battle against f.e.m. it definitely is a defining moment particularly as the prevalence in somalia is so high and we are please forward them other activists are very pleased to see this move being taken we hope it goes to its logical conclusion i.e. there's a conviction at the end of it but it shouldn't at the moment it's only the parents who've been arrested but we want to see not only the demand side but we wa

, it is an u nsta ble you look at sedan, somalia, it is an unstable region.hank you very much for coming in. thank you for your company here on the briefing, have a lovely day. hello there. it's been a remarkable run of hot weather really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk have pushed over the 30 degrees celsius mark, and yesterday it was the turn of kew in west london to push above the 30—degree mark. 31 degrees celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see some decent spells of sunshine. this was the scene in norfolk during monday, but further north—eastwards, in whitby, in that area, we had some thicker cloud and gary spotted a few spots of rain falling from the cloud. this, a cold front pushing through, and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather following the cold front through. now, the satellite picture shows extensive cloud over northern and eastern parts of the country. that cold front continues to work its way southwards and significantly, it's going to be bringing fresher ai

eritrea and somalia have signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations the latest thaw in the horn of africa after ethiopia and eritrea ended their state of war somalia and eritrea were once close with somali dictator side barry backing eritrea and its long fight for independence from ethiopia but when war broke out between eritrea and ethiopia somalia in effect became the site of a proxy war in recent years eritrea has backed the armed group al-shabaab which has launched attacks throughout somalia with the aim of overthrowing the government now eritrea has pledged to support somalia's sovereignty and the government's efforts to restore the country's rightful stature quotes the somali president has been in the eritrean capital as mara since saturday during a banquet with his somali counterpart the eritrean president said an epoch of crises conflict and instability was coming to an end according to matt bryden chairman of the political think tank covering the horn of africa this could also be a result of somalia's worsening relationship with the united arab emirates relations a

one american soldier in somalia i was deeply affected by what he saw. at the time i just felt like everybody knew and nobody cared that there is torture going on. medic neil smith remembers just have frightened iraqi civilians in some are aware of the special police commandos what was pretty widely known in our but talian definitely in our pool tune is that they are pretty violent with their interrogations that they would be people shock them with you know electrical shock stab them i don't know what you know sounds like pretty awful things if you sent a guy there who is going to get tortured and perhaps raped. or whatever humiliated and brutalized by the special commandos in order to get whatever information they wanted to what i don't know about boston to. do with. the let me look to the. city to the hood very for doing. just as i. thought to give all of them a little bit of a clear priority at that time in iraq was to not have this incredibly shaky provisional government defeated by the insurgency that was priority number one to which every other pri

one american soldier in somalia i was deeply affected by what he saw. at the time i just felt like everybody knew and nobody cared that there is torture going on. medic neil smith remembers just have frightened iraqi civilians in some are aware of the special police commandos what was pretty widely known in our but talian definitely in our pool tune is that they are pretty violent with their interrogations that they would be people shock them with you know electrical shock stab them i don't know what you know sounds like pretty awful things if you sent a guy there who is going to get tortured and perhaps raped. or whatever humiliated and brutalized by the special commandos in order to get whatever information they wanted to what i don't know about boston to. do with. the let me look to the. city to the very for doing. just that i. thought to give all of them a little bit of a clear priority at that time in iraq was to not have this incredibly shaky provisional government defeated by the insurgency that was priority number one to which every other priori

two blasts hit somalia's security ministry in mogadishu killing at least eight people. along the border are going to be. movement on the march protest as for migrants rights arrive at cal aof to crossing france from the italian border. and england beat sweden to win a place in the world cup semifinals for the first time in twenty eight years. my pump a.o. said they were productive but is given a very different account of how top level talks went in the north korean capital just hours after the u.s. secretary of state left the country north korea lashed out at washington describing it thoughts as extremely regrettable yong and also accuse the us of pressuring them to abandon their nuclear program but as far as bio is concerned the discussions were a success we've made progress on almost all of the central issues some places a great deal of progress other places there's still more work to be done we've talked about what the north koreans are continuing to do it how it's the case we can get our arms around achieving what german human president proposed agreed to which was

young men join and she bad in the battle for somalia. many never return. to try to understand. from the north and with. every armed attack. creates fear and division amongst its citizens where stories of loss no one told. is sweeping association of islam with the violence easier in muslims facing the stark reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice a victim coming soon on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories at this hour former cricketer imran khan has declared victory in pakistan's elections around half of the votes have been counted the official result isn't likely to be confirmed until friday but he's leading a rival shahbaz sharif as rejected the outcome making allegations of vote rigging. yemen's who the rebels say they've attacked abu dhabi airport with a droll box the u.a.e. has denied the claim airports tweeted earlier that there had been an incident but said it had not affected flights or operations it's not clear if the tweet was referring to the same incident. fren

. >> stunning news from somalia. the deadliest battle yet involving u.s.egan after this jeep carrying americans was blown up. two u.s. helicopters was shot down. >> president george bush as his parting gesture sent in a humanitarian mission to rescue the somalis from this terrible famine. it turned from a humanitarian mission into a terrible military catastrophe. >> 12 american soldiers killed. >> why let the somalis drag dead g.i.s by ropes through the streets of mogadishu? >> we have gone way beyond what our original intention was in somalia and it's time to get out. >> after two days of stinging criticism, the president said today the u.s. needs to, and i quote now, conclude its role in somalia. >> if the american people are to say yes to u.n. peacekeeping, the united nations must know when to say no. >> there was enormous pressure on the clinton administration not to commit the united states to similar operations in the future. fast forward. rwanda. >> good evening. fighting is going on tonight in the small african nation of rwanda. >> 20,000 are belie

region that has several countries in conflict is speaking about south sudan you're speaking about somalia and i was so the fact that you know one situation is able to be resolved without a lot of problems to be resolved amicably that alone is as good as that. you know for the security context on the continent so that is a good thing something else is that these two countries have been heavily militarized partly because of the mistrust they have for another have accused each other of sponsoring militias to destabilize one another so these tensions we expect to deescalate it's good for their kaname as world people will be able to trade freely for example if. it is going to start using the poor. in. the landlocked country and this point here was one really that has separated has torn apart oakum you need seasoned families that share the same cultural linguistic . linguistic bad ground and they've not been able to interact freely so now they'll be able to do this a lot of people that we've talked to say that going forward they hope that this is just the beginning of what like i said before it

the ministry of interior following the explosion and exchanged gunfire with security forces inside somalia as government says all three have been killed but while those involved in this attack may have been killed al-shabaab remains a significant threat to millions of somalis and the future of their country stability people morgan al-jazeera officials in yemen say more than one hundred sixty five people have been killed in fighting between who threw rebels in the saudi led coalition the fighting has been concentrated around the district of at two hayter which includes the coastal road leading to the city of her data local sources have told al-jazeera that pro-government forces have taken control of many areas in fact you hated as a leader has called for more reinforcements to help defend the west coast. syrian soldiers have been celebrating the recapture of the main border crossing the jordan government forces arrayed took at the crossing point on friday following a cease fire deal for rebels to hand over the territory in the province of dura a russian backed government offensive has cause

hours and paint a very interesting picture sara thank you security forces are back in control of somalia's interior ministry compound after two bomb blasts and a gun battle attackers momentarily took control of the building in the capital mogadishu after a car bomb exploded outside gunman shot several people before a second blast went off eight people in all were killed. the latest now from mogadishu. form. the al-shabaab members again and again. to the mean. people who are going. to apply what we know. and that the computer. also we've been able to confront from i mean. that by. been picking through what you know what people and sort of which one people. well the one point six million people have been ordered to get out of their homes in western japan after what officials are describing as historic rainfall there is already serious flooding and mudslides at least forty nine people are dead and dozens more are missing was the worst flooding recorded from the city of kyoto to the southern tip of japan has shallop alice. across half a nation a sea of muddy water flooding has rich japan into

ministry of interior following the explosions and exchanged gunfire with security forces inside somalia's government says all three have been killed in the mother and the security forces and all government departments responded to the attack assumes that happened and they were able to end it very quickly but while those involved in this attack may have been killed al-shabaab remains a significant threat to millions of somalis and that country's stability barbara and get out to syria. or let's go back to our talk top story now and the news of those high level talks between the u.s. and north korea of a no north korea's nuclear program john feffer is back with us director of foreign policy in focus at the institute of policy studies in washington via skype hopefully our connection works a little bit better this time so just to set this up again with my first question remind our viewers we have we had these talks with two completely different versions from each side about how how they went what do you think's going on here well why is that well i think the trumpet ministration basically trie

somalia security ministry in mogadishu killing at least eight people. on the march protests from migrants rights arriving after crossing from the border . with the latest from the well come where host had been eliminated in the penalty shootout these are live pictures from. celebrating their win they will face england in the semifinals. said they were productive but peeling yang has given a very different account of hi how how how top level talks went in the north korean capital just hours after the state left the country north korea lashed out at washington describing the talks is extremely regrettable oh yeah i also use the us are pressuring them to abandon their nuclear program but as far as pompei is concerned the discussions were a success. reports now from washington. it certainly is concerning when you have two sides of a negotiation who describe their experiences of the same event with such opposing terms first let's also say u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as he's leaving north korea describing what he felt was a successful meeting and we m

working in germany at the time, in berlin, and it turned out half were from this one town in central somaliay interested in the history of piracy because piracy had sort of exploded off the somali coast. >> trevor: right. >> and i had a fabulous idea for a book. >> trevor: and, so, you went there and you tell the story in the beginning of the book about how, you know, these people surround your car, there's a group of guys, and you think to yourself, oh, they're just going to check my passport. you didn't think in this moment you were being kidnapped? >> my mind recoiled from the idea i was being kidnapped. >> trevor: when that moment clicks, what is your greatest fear? >> well, the first thing was my family. i knew from that moment on it's going to be miserable for my mother and the rest of my family and friends. >> trevor: right, and you were kidnapped by these pirates. what love about this book, like, if i was recommending it is i would say it's not about the results. spoiler alert, you're here. >> i made it out. >> trevor: yeah. it's about the journey, the 977 days, because you talk abou

still ahead on al-jazeera for the first time somalia brings a prosecution for female genital mutilation after the death of a ten year old girl. searching for the missing in greece as a shattered community begins rebuilding after wildfires. i'm just so united and ac milan kick off their pre-season preparations with an epic shoot out joe with all the action. by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. welcome back time to look at the weather across central southern parts of china and indochina indochina things are still looking very lively we have this area of low pressure giving heavy rain across vietnam through laos support of how it will flooding in recent days and also miramar because it's in choosing the air to come in off the bay of bengal and we've had vast amounts of rain coming down across parts of me amar and bangladesh in fact cox's bizarre seeing close to half a meter of rain of the last two days alone so it is going to remain very wet across this region when you get away towards hong kong where things become drier northwards towards fuzhou shanghai

although al—shabab has been pushed out of major towns and cities, it controls vast areas of somalia'sis also able to strike right at the heart of power, as it did in saturday's attack in central mogadishu. the militants are massively outgunned by the somali military, backed by us drones and more than 20,000 troops from other african countries. but they maintain a powerful grip on somalia and continue to threaten the lives of anyone associated or allied with the somali government. mary harper, bbc news. at the football world cup, the last quarter final is under way. it's another tense match — croatia are 2—1 up against the hosts, russia, in extra time. let's go to olly foster in moscow. it is tense stuff. it really is. a hush has descended across the capital here. the matches taking place it. the russians are going further in this tournament than they ever imagined. stretching this quarterfinal against croatia to extra time. but it was in extra time that croatia have just edged themselves in front. it is still the first period so at least another 15 minutes to play. russia pumping a fr

although al—shabab has been pushed out of major towns and cities, it controls vast areas of somalia's also able to strike right at the heart of power as it did in the saturday's attack in central mogadishu. the militants are massively outgunned by the somali military, backed by us drones and more than 20,000 troops from other african countries. they maintain a powerful grip on the somalia and continue to threaten the lives of anyone associated or allied with the somali government. mary harper, bbc news. stay with us. still to come, 30 yea rs stay with us. still to come, 30 years ago, the world's first university for deaf students fought for quality and one. we look back on what happened. —— won. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the host of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites south africa by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancell

to the south all russia latin american type is present in mexico right now going head to head in somalia then and just about three and a half hours belgium will face japan and most of all gone with the end of the first half a tween brazil of mexico just about ten minutes away now the game is looking type but it's still goalless in some opera. how mexico found he didn't make the trip for the world cup began trending online after rumors that his wife wouldn't let him go so i was friends decided to take a life sized cut how to copy off into russia so that he didn't completely miss out but having heard about how online football officials have the wisdom to russia for the gang currently happening against the. if this story. is not like she was and let you go which is also mr green the security of this is a long journey but then we decided to stay that when next k.b. germany we discussed it once again you decide it's kind of russia that i'm exploring yet to come on the money. russia seems to be a wonderful country and i can get on with people very well and russia is very friendly. thousands of

minister ahmed and five people including four attackers have been killed in separate car bombings near somalia's presidential palace a first explosion followed a gunfight with armed men at a checkpoint in mogadishu the second device was detonated in the same area shortly afterwards the armed group. has claimed responsibility. no other way i think you. and ten thousand people have been protesting against donald trump in scotland as the us president spends the weekend playing golf which is luxury resorts some of the demonstrators even made it to the edges of the president's golf course at tunbridge where snipers had been deployed i'll have more on everything in the news hour in about half miles time join me then. was. i . there. i. so. you. had. better. make up with the. supposedly not because there was more. on the job. and it was ok for. me to. sing. but i knew. they'd be too nice and structural. i could. literally want to make all of us are. still with us i would buy all the records. are the only member who i've got. this one up to my family trust me. i'll just. have to be something you do not

shadow of a doubt jihadist radio station radio angeles reported that the terrorist group al shabaab in somalia well the making some big changes in the territories under control two things will be happening immediately one indigenous trees can no longer be cut down or logged and second al shabaab led terrorist group has banned single use plastic bags because they quote pose a serious threat to the well being of humans and animals alike you know if you think the side you get at whole foods when you forget your reusable bag is bad. up did not say how it was implement the bad but because of widespread fear of the group's use of violence you should be finite. no word yet on whether the militant group will be divesting from the ivory tower ivory trade see stoning women to death or indiscriminately bombing civilians but at least they're growing green even. wow wow al qaeda group is going green. week you even get like a majority of congress here in the united states to go green now i mean we're going down that we're pulling out of the paris climate accords an al qaeda affiliates are going you know wha

an attack and once again this responsible al-shabaab fighters the armed group has been battling somalia's government for twelve years it's launched more than half a dozen attacks this year alone and i. thought i was close to where the explosion happened the car through the checkpoint barrier into the ministry building then it exploded there was smoke everywhere many people died in there but i wasn't able to count them al-shabaab was fighting to overthrow the government and was pushed out of mark addition in twenty eleven but it continues to talk at birth government sites and civilians. i saw ten bodies with my own eyes and eight wounded the car exploded inside the ministry building there was a lot of confusion screaming and lots of gunfire. these attackers and to the ministry of interior following the explosions and exchanged gunfire with security forces inside somalia's government says all three have been killed. the security forces and all government departments responded to the attack as soon as it happened and they were able to end it very quickly but while those involved in this atta

but when someone in somalia if i was in the win against. against against the arms or it country had been playing some residents of the country so i believe if this had been sand it also have elsewhere at today they sent this debate in the two countries that it does a secure security and peace in the region in the horn so i believe if implemented properly this could be a kind of again in the region the horn. you mentioned earlier that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia are volved in bringing these two sides together just how heavily is their involvement now. oh i think it is very important is you mustn't forget that eritrea really broke out of its isolation because of the war in yemen the they joined the saudi and u.a.e. effort against the hoofy they broke their ties asmara broke its traditional ties with iran and it established its relationship with saudis and the u.a.e. instead there are even suggestions that there are some air tran troops in yemen fighting against the movies they also gave the port of a sub has become a base for the u.a.e. and t

al-jazeera including these ones the group claims responsibility for yet another deadly bombing in somalia plus. the thrills and spills of running with the bulls we lost participants why do you do it. and i there it is staying hots for many of us in western europe and for many places it's also been very dry over the last few weeks as well that's called a problem with wildfires the some places including here in the western parts of germany and here it's going to stay dry over the next couple of days and it's also going to stay hot snouts really what we're expecting over many parts. of western europe the unsettled weather is generally a lot for the east the first of all this is larry of low pressure here that's giving us a lot of wet weather and more in the way of clouds as well and we're also seeing some severe thunderstorms down in the southeastern parts of europe these gradually will spread their way towards the west as we head through monday and this area of cooler weather will also be working its way westwards into sweden so stop no high than a round of twenty one but the west impulsive

i have a 15-year-old, too. 16-year-old going to war against al-shabaab and somalia? my 16-year-old probably cannot find somalia on a map and very few people know who al-shabab is. saying,l be congress the united states can go to war against al-shabaab and somalia. that does not mean just sending a drone there. that means of the president once to send 200,000 troops there and to house with house fighting as we did in afghanistan and iraq, he can do that. >> thank you very much. what i heard was very important. i want to thank all three of you for your efforts. thank you for being here. thank you. >> to put a human face on this, soldiers families, should i have asked should we have chased that herdsman? what kind of war is going on in mali? one of those on the house foreign senate committee said, i did not even know we had soldiers there. that people are spies to be informed, debating whether or not her sons and daughters die in foreign wars, rather than debating it all we have completely abdicated. there is a bipartisan group of us who would like to grab that back but

in somalia. thank you mary or it were. just. by our though they are not as strong as they have been is this still able to infiltrate within the government. especially the capital city's most protected area which is near to the presidential house to the to the parliament building and to to hit the. government office that is there's a clear must search that thought is that there is something wrong with the government security institutions because that town has just been well. roads of the city has already been caused and there have been many security checkpoints within the city if a major problem for the billions to move around so for al-shabaab. to be able to pass through all these two gritty checkpoints and finally get there we're used to the ministry of the interior of and the minister of the national security it tells you there is some there are within the government security institutions is not just something usual not just some people. us about has some skills and couple as it is to influence and to infiltrate and not being

hamse warfa was born in somalia and moved with his family to the u.s. 1994 after escaping somalia's civil war and spending almost three years in a refugee camp in kenya. heow resides in minneapoli and is co-founder of banqu, a softwareompany that focuses on giving refugees an economic identity. >> i am a family of 14. i spent first 10 yea of my life in mogadishu, somalia before the civil war my family and i fled from the war, and came to refugee camp in kenya. my mom and dad were successfulen epreneurs before the-- before the civil war started, but when we came to mps, ra became nobodies. we had this region number, and that was our identity. we did not have any other identity. we did not exist in other ways. we spe three years and half in dadaab refugee camp in kenya before my family and i were resettled in the united states. we came with the impression that once and for all, we are finally came to regain freedom, freedom from fear. the average stay in refugee camp is 17 years. when a refugee is either teresettled or they repatr back to their country of

just last week al shabaab claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on somalia's interior ministryswer to my "gps" challenge question this week is "a," china's environment ministry says 464 officials have been detained for violating environmental regulations according to chinese state media. it's all part of the central government's crackdown on pollution now in its fifth year. yet another area where as american leadership recedes, china fills the vacuum. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> good afternoon. i'm anderson cooper. thanks for joining me. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world to the special coverage of the meeting with presidents trump and putin. we start with breaking news. right now president trump has just landed moments ago at helsinki's airport here in finland ahead of his big meeting with russian president vladimir putin. the stakes for the summit really even higher now in the wake of special counsel robert mueller's

now eritrea and somalia have signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations the latest store in the horn of africa off to ethiopia and eritrea and investigate of war somalia's president has been in the eritrean capital s. mara since saturday is a reflection of how diplomacy in the region has been transformed since ethiopia's leader reached out to eritrea so more on that story and everything else we're covering right here al jazeera dot com. a quick recap of the top stories this hour polls have closed in zimbabwe's first of elections without longtime leader robert mugabe on the ballot well gobby says he's supporting the opposition candidate nelson chamisa not his successor and former ally amisom and gaga election is seen as vital for zimbabwe's international credibility. is in harare zimbabwe is no that is the international community doesn't endorse these elections and say they were free the and credible and all that talk about investors coming to the country may not happen and most people who are voting way young and unemployed they really want to call me to come to recover the